Tag: Yaogan
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China launches two missions from Jiuquan in under 30 hours
In just under 30 hours, China launched two rockets with six satellites to their respective orbits. The first launch was a Chang Zheng 4C (CZ-4C) with the Yaogan 34-03 (Yaogan-34C) government remote sensing satellite on Nov. 15 at 01:38 UTC from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) at Site 43/94. It was followed by the Ceres-1…
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China launches four observation satellites in 48 hours
In a span of fewer than 48 hours, China has launched four observation satellites, three of them intended for military reconnaissance, and one intended for environmental monitoring. These launches were both conducted by Chang Zheng 2 family vehicles, the environmental satellite from Taiyuan in the north, and the military launch from Xichang in southwest China.…
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China conducts three launches with Shiyan and Yaogan satellites
China has launched three rockets, from two different launch sites, in under 50 hours. The first launch happened on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 22:55 UTC, with the Kuaizhou 1A rocket launching two Shiyan Weixing satellites. It was followed by two Chang Zheng missions, of which one also belongs to the Shiyan line, and one to…
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China launches twice in under two hours and conducts spacewalk
A few busy days are behind the Chinese space program. Not only did three orbital launches occur from China, but also, the Shenzhou-14 crew performed an EVA outside of the Tiangong space station. Additionally, a newly shared photo of the Chinese ZQ-2 rocket shows a close race against the American Terran 1 and Starship vehicles…
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Chang Zheng 2D launches Yaogan-35-04 from Xichang
At 17:36 UTC, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched another trio of Yaogan 35 satellites on a Chang Zheng 2D. Launching from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, this was the fifth launch of the CZ-2D this year, all having carried Yaogan satellites to orbit. Yaogan Weixing, which…
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Chang Zheng 2D launches from Xichang with Yaogan-35 satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a trio of Yaogan 35 military reconnaissance satellites to orbit on the morning of Friday, July 29, as a Chang Zheng 2D rocket flew out of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Liftoff took place at 13:28 UTC. Yaogan Weixing – translating to “remote sensing satellite” and…
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China launches Yaogan 34-02 and tests third stage capabilities
China has launched the Yaogan 34-02 satellite on a Chang Zheng 4C rocket today at 07:09 UTC. The military remote sensing satellite launch was confirmed to be successful and went to a 1,097 km low Earth orbit (LEO) with 63.4° inclination. The launch was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) and used Launch…
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China launches Yaogan 35 satellites via Chang Zheng 2D
China launched three more reconnaissance satellites Saturday, via a Chang Zheng 2D launch out of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Lifting off at 03:00 UTC (11:00 Beijing Time), Chang Zheng deployed three Yaogan 35 satellites into low Earth orbit. Yaogan Weixing – meaning “remote sensing satellite” and usually shortened to Yaogan – is a name…
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China tests fairing recovery technologies on Long March 2C launch with four satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a Long March/Chang Zheng 2C rocket on July 19 at 00:19 UTC (8:19 AM Beijing time) from LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The launch carried three Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellites and the Tianqi-15 communications satellite. In addition to successfully delivering the satellites to orbit,…
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China launches Chang Zheng 2C with trio of Yaogan-30 satellites
China has successfully launched a Chang Zheng 2C (also known as the Long March 2C) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center with three new Yaogan-30 satellites on June 18 at 06:30 UTC / 14:30 local time at the launch site from LC-3 after a 24 hour delay due to weather. The launch of Yaogan-30 Group…